Health services

Tender description

The DPS will cover services commissioned under the NHS Standard Contract that exists between the NHS Trusts in County Durham and Darlington, the Clinical Commissioning Groups and other associate commissioners. The DPS will cover services commissioned under the NHS Standard Contract that exists between the NHS Trusts in County Durham and Darlington, the Clinical Commissioning Groups and other associate commissioners. The DPS is for use by NHS Trusts in County Durham and Darlington, for the provision of clinical service providers to support waiting list initiatives and ad-hoc service capacity issues. These initiatives tend to be required at short notice. Health providers deliver NHS funded clinical services under the terms of the NHS Standard Contract. It is becoming increasingly common for health providers to subcontract delivery of certain clinical services to a third party. This subcontracting can take many forms. It can be the subcontracting of an entire service or of delivery of part of a care pathway. It can be the subcontracting to 1 subcontractor or to multiple subcontractors. It can be via an in-sourcing or out-sourcing arrangement. Information can be found at: https://www.cardea.nhs.uk/cardea/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=3956&Culture=en-GB